[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24176]



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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of permit applications received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a 
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated 
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published 
regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at title 45 part 670 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of 
permit applications received.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application by October 23, 2015. 
This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit 
Office, address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 
Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Li Ling Hamady, ACA Permit Officer, at 
the above address or [email protected] or (703) 292-7149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed 
by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541), as amended 
by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, has 
developed regulations for the establishment of a permit system for 
various activities in Antarctica and designation of certain animals and 
certain geographic areas a requiring special protection. The 
regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic 
Specially Protected Areas.
    Application Details:

Permit Application: 2016-009

1. Applicant Tehnuka Ilanko. Department of Earth and Planetary 
Sciences. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM.

Activity for Which Permit Is Requested

    ASPA entry; The applicant desires to access Tramway Ridge, on Mt. 
Erebus, Ross Island, which is protected by ASPA 175 High Altitude 
Geothermal Sites of the Ross Sea Region. Applicant wishes to conduct 
gas sampling of gases emitted from vents in order to characterize the 
subsurface conditions and gas emissions of Tramway Ridge to better 
understand processes behind flank degassing and possible interactions 
between magmatic and hydrothermal systems. Samples will be collected in 
glass bottles via a sterilized hollow stainless steel rod inserted into 
a degassing vent, with a pump used to extract the gases into an 
accumulation chamber.

Location

    ASPA 175, High Altitude Geothermal Sites of the Ross Sea Region: 
Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus, Ross Island.

Dates

    November 1, 2015 to January 31, 2017.

Nadene G. Kennedy,
Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-24176 Filed 9-22-15; 8:45 am]
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